Johnny Handsome
by Walter Hill
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Actor: Elizabeth McGovern, Ellen Barkin, Forest Whitaker, Mickey Rourke, Morgan FreemanDirector: Walter Hill
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
Producer: Andrew G. Vajna
Producer: Charles Roven
Producer: Mae Woods
Producer: Mario Kassar
Producer: Ted Kurdyla
Writer: John Godey
Writer: Ken Friedman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Johnny Handsome
Movie Review: First Rate Pulp Fiction
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this film during it's initial run at a decrepit old movie palace in the Bronx with probably a handful of people in the audience. It's a shame because this unheralded gem deserved better. Before Quentin Tarantino there was Walter Hill as a purveyor of adrenaline charged pulp entertainment. Everything here clicks on all cylinders. Hill masterfully directs this intricately plotted story of a disfigured man given a second chance in life torn between going straight and settling down with a nice girl or returning to crime and getting revenge on his accomplices who set him up. New Orleans is a perfect locale with it's ominous steamy seediness. Mickey Rourke gives probably the performance of his career in capturing the poignance and ultimately the tragedy that is John Sedley. Not to be overlooked is Morgan Freeman as the cop who is tailing Johnny. Our first impulse is to loathe this character but, alas, it is he who truly knows Johnny. Lance Henriksen and Ellen Barkin are positively reptilian in their evil. Also effective are Forest Whitaker and Elizabeth McGovern as Johnny's surgeon and girlfriend who are hopeful that he can reform.
Summary of Johnny Handsome
A career criminal deformed since birth is given a new face and a second chance when he is paroled from prison. Though seemingly gone straight he secretly plans his revenge on the man who killed his father-figure and sent him to prison.System Requirements:Starring: Mickey Rourke Ellen Barkin Elizabeth McGovern and Forest Whitaker. Directed By: Walter Hill. Running Time: 96 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2002 Artisan Entertainment. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 012236125747 Manufacturer No: 12574Similar DVD Movies
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